We welcome you to this new ISPN online educational course of four sessions dedicated to neurooncology. ISPN “High Impact” Neurooncology course schedule: 15 May: Brain tumor pathology, interdisciplinary care and brain tumor networks – Chairs: Todd Hankinson & Adriana Fonseca 12 June: Posterior fossa tumors – Chairs: Ulrich Thomale & Kristian Aquilina 17 July: Neuromonitoring, … Read more
Our second new online educational course will be dedicated to Neurotrauma. Taking place on 4 Wednesdays in July, this course is designed for professionals ready to deepen their skills, connect with global experts, and stay at the forefront of pediatric neurosurgery. ISPN Neurotrauma course schedule & topics: 1 July: Acute care & guidelines in acute TBI … Read more
An ISPN Nursing symposium will be organized from 1-3 June 2026 in Yerevan, Armenia as part of the 3rd Congress of the Eurasian Association of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. The symposium will be held across 3 days and will cover different topics: Hydrocephalus ETV/CPC along with EVD management Shunts and Shunt failures Tumors Spina bifida Neurological observations … Read more
The ISPN Education course in Jinan, China will be held from 20-26 November 2026. More information will follow prior to the event.
The ISPN Education Course in Recife, Brazil will be held from 4-6 November 2026. More information will follow prior to the event.
The ISPN Education Course in New Delhi, India will be held from 24-26 July 2026.
The ISPN Education Course in Managua, Nicaragua will be held from 12-13 June 2026. More information about the program and the course registration can be found below.
The ISPN organizes two Pre-congress Courses – Ventricular on 18 May and Craniofacial on 19 May as part of the IFNE+GLEN Congress, in Buenos Aires, Argentina (May 20-22nd, 2026). Find out more about the meeting & register here >
The ISPN Education Course in San Pedro Sula, Honduras will be held from 14-15 May 2026.
The ISPN Education Course in Almaty, Kazakhstan will be held from 4-6 May 2026. Explore the program and register here
The ISPN Education Course Oaxaca, Mexico will be held from 11-13 December 2025. Local organizer: Tenoch Herrada Pineda ISPN invited international speakers: Artur da Cunha (Recife, Brazil) Adrian Caceres (San Jose, Costa Rica) Javier Gonzalez Ramos (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Jeffrey Blount (Birmingham, USA) John Keslte (Salt Lake City. Mexico) Ramiro del Rio (Buenos Aires, Argentina) … Read more
The ISPN Education Course Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic is scheduled to take place on 4-5 September 2025. Local organizer: Dr. Lola Taveras ISPN invited faculty: Artur da Cunha – Course director (Recife, Brazil) Griselda Ramirez (Mexico city, Mexico) Adrian Caceres (San José, Costa Rica) Felipe Chavelas (Queretaro, Mexico) Kemel Ghotme (Bogota, Colombia) Samer Elbabaa (Orlando, … Read more
The ISPN Education Course Pretoria, South Africa is scheduled to take place from 18-19 June! Local organizer: Llewellyn Padayachy ISPN international faculty: Jeffrey Blount – Course director (Birmingham, AL, United States) Sharon Low (Singapore) Deepak Gupta (Delhi, India) Teddy Totimeh (Accra, Ghana) Abenezer Tirsit (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) James Balogun (Ibadan, Nigeria) Local faculty: Anthony Figaji … Read more
Registration is now open! The ISPN Education Course Algiers, Algeria will be held from 26-28 September 2025 in conjunction with the Société Algérienne d’Oncologie Pédiatrique (SAOPed) meeting. Local organizers: Nabila Tighilt, Abdelhalim Morsli ISPN invited international speakers: Artur da Cunha (Recife, Brazil) Nelci Zanon (São Paulo, Brazil) Luca Massimi (Rome, Italy) Samer Elbabaa (Orlando, United … Read more
The ISPN Education Course Bhubaneswar, India will be held on 18-20 July in conjunction with the Indian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (INDSPN) Midterm CME 2025. View the course flyer > Registration is open, you can view the program here > Local organizers: Kaushik Sil, Arunkumar Sekhar ISPN international faculty: Ron Baticulon (Manila, Philippines) Artur Da Cunha … Read more
Save the date! The ISPN Education Course Shanghai will be organized in conjunction with the Chinese International Association of Pediatric Neurosurgeons (CIAPN): ISPN-CIAPN Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery. The course will be held from 29-31 May 2025 focusing on Hydrocephalus and Tumors. Local Directors include Drs Gao Zeng, Jie Gong, Xiao Bo and Hao Li. More … Read more
The ISPN Education Course 2025 São Paulo will be held on 12-13 August 2025, in conjunction with the 10th Latin American Congress of Pediatric Neurosurgery – X CLANPED. You can register for the course alone, or join the full meeting! ISPN invited international speakers: Prof. Gianpiero Tamburrini – Italy, Prof. Shlomi Constantini – Israel, Prof. … Read more
We are continuing the series with a session on pediatric spinal trauma. This session will take place on Saturday 23 March 17:00-19:00 CET.
We are happy to announce the kick off module of our second series of ISPN Young doctors education course. The session on hydrocephalus will take place on Friday 17 November 17:00-19:00 CET.
The ISPN Education Course 2023 Chennai, India will take place at the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore from 21-23 September. Download the program through the button below.
The next ISPN Education Course will be held in Goiania, Brazil on 2-3 August 2023. This course will preceed the Brazilian Pediatric Neurosurgery Society meeting taking place from 3-5 August and will cover the topics: Neuroendoscopy Hydrocephalus Craniosynostosis
The ISPN Education course Malaysia, will take place in Kuala Lumpur from 20-22 July 2023. The program can be downloaded through the button below. The ISPN Education course Malaysia, will take place in Kuala Lumpur from 20-22 July 2023. The program can be downloaded through the button below.
Module 12 of the ISPN Medical students, residents & trainees education course will take place on Friday 30 June from 17:00-19:00CEST. The topic of this module is Neuroradiology imaging on CNS in children Moderators Nelci Zanon (Brazil) | Jeffrey Blount (United States) | Noor UI Huda Maria (Pakistan) Introduction – overview of the webinar series – ISPN … Read more
The ISPN 2023 education course Indonesia will take place from 16-18 June 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia. To find out more about the registration rates, click here > To contact the local organizers: By WhatsApp: +6281389554686 By email: neuropediatrik.perspebsi @gmail.com
Following multiple requests from the participants, a module providing some insight into the daily practice is now added to our ISPN medical students, residents & trainees education course: Module 11 – The pediatric neurosurgery clinic Friday, 26 May 17:00-19:00 CEST Moderators: Nelci Zanon (Brazil) | Jeffrey Blount (United States) | Noor UI Huda Maria (Pakistan) … Read more
You are invited to join us for our final session in the Young ISPN webinar series! Our session on Nursing will take place on Friday, 28 April from 17:00-19:00CEST and will cover the following topics: ISPN medical students, residents & trainees education course – Module 10 – Nursing Friday, 28 April 2023 17:00-19:00 CEST Moderators: … Read more
ISPN Medical students, residents & trainees education course – Module 9 – Functional Friday 31 March 2023, 17:00-19:00 CEST Moderators: Nelci Zanon (Brazil) | Jeffrey Blount (United States) | Noor UI Huda Maria (Pakistan) Welcome & overview of the webinar series – ISPN Membership & the Guide Functional neurosurgery subspecialty as it applies to Pediatric Neurosurgery … Read more
ISPN medical students, residents & trainees education course – Module 8 – Vascular Friday 24 February 17:00-19:00CET Moderators: Nelci Zanon (Brazil) | Jeffrey Blount (United States) | Noor UI Huda Maria (Pakistan) The programme for this session will be confirmed shortly! #YoungISPN
ISPN medical students, residents & trainees education course – Module 7 – Epilepsy surgery Friday 27 January 2023, 17:00-19:00 CET Moderators: Nelci Zanon (Brazil) | Jeffrey Blount (United States) | Noor UI Huda Maria (Pakistan) Developing an epilepsy program in a LMIC – the Vietnam example – candidacy, procedures, early experience | Brandon Rocque (United … Read more
ISPN medical students, residents & trainees education course – Module 6 – Pediatric head and spine trauma (TBI) Friday 25 November 2022 17:00-19:00 CET The program will provide sufficient time for questions and will cover the following topics: Epidemiology and pediatric trauma prevention – Guirish Solanki (United Kingdom) Subdural and extra dural hematoma management – Jehuda … Read more
ISPN medical students, residents & trainees education course – Module 5 – Pediatric neuro-infection (CNS infection) Friday 28 October 2022 17:00-19:00 CEST Detailed program information will follow closer to the date.
Module #4 – Pediatric neuro-oncology (brain tumors) Friday, 23 September 2022 – 17:00-19:00CEST Moderators: Nelci Zanon (Brazil) | Jeffrey Blount (United States) | Noor ul Huda Maria (Pakistan) 17:05-17:25 Overview/summary – Neuro-radiology of pediatric brain tumors | Jorge A. Lee Diaz (United States) 17:25-17:35 Case #1 – Presentation, evaluation & management comments 17:35-17:50 Evaluation and … Read more
Module 3 – Spine malformations anatomy, diagnosis & treatment (dysraphysm, spina bifida) Friday, 26 August 17:00-19:00CEST Embriology and classification on SB SB/MMC Antenatal diagnosis and management SB/MMC Postnatal repair and care Surgical treatment – Indications hydrocephalus and SB | Abhaya Kulkarni (Canada) Long-term follow-up SB and multidisciplinary team | Eylem Öcal (United States) Lipomas surgical … Read more
The next ISPN in-person education course is scheduled to take place in Kolkata, India on 13-14 August 2022. Find out more about the programme & registration in the attached programme document.
Join us for Module 2 of our ISPN students, residents & trainees education course on Friday 29 July from 17:00-19:00CEST Module 2 – Brain malformations anatomy, diagnosis & treatment (hydrocephalus, cysts) Sulcation, FCD, schizencephaly, hemimegalencephaly and seizures | Jeffrey Blount (United States) Management and surgical indications on hydrocephalus and cysts | Albert Tu (Canada) Management … Read more
We are happy to announce that our first in-person ISPN education course since March 2020 will take place on 15 & 16 July 2022 in Lima, Peru.
Module 1 – Head malformations anatomy, diagnosis & treatment (craniosynostosis & encephalocele) Register today for the first session in the new ISPN medical students, residents & trainees webinar series!
The ISPN virtual Education Course – Africa will take place on 16 & 17 October 2021.
The ISPN virtual Education Course – Brazil will take place on Friday, 24 & Saturday 25 September 2021.
The ISPN virtual education course – Bangladesh 2021 will take place on Friday 9 & Saturday 10 July.
The ISPN virtual education course 2021 – India will take place on 3-4 July 2021.
The ISPN Education Course in Almaty, Kazakhstan will be held on 17 & 18 July 2020.
The ISPN Educational Course in Sochi, Russia will be held on 10-11 October 2020.
The ISPN Educational Course 2020 Bangalore, India will be held from 10-12 July 2020.
The ISPN Education Course in Chongqing, China will be held from 19-20 June 2020.
The ISPN Course in Tbilisi, Georgia will take place from 20-21 September 2019. Faculty: S. Chatterjee, N. Zanon, S. Gorelyshev, G. Tamburini, S. Shankla Participants: 68
The ISPN Course in Kazakhstan will take place from 11-13 July 2019. Faculty: N. Zanon, S. Constantini, A. Da Kunha, S. Gorelyshev, M. Handler Participants: 50
21–23 June 2019 – Guangzhou Faculty: W.T. Seow, K.C. Wang, S. Shankla, B. Roque Participants: 110
The ISPN Course in Accra, Ghana will take place from 31 May-1 June 2019. Faculty: G. Fieggen, S. Chatterjee, N. Zanon, A. Sinha, B. Pettorini, P. Ssenyounga Participants: 68
The ISPN Course in Mendoza, Argentina will take place from 14-16 November 2019. En esta oportunidad, Mendoza, ha sido seleccionada para este curso especial de la ISPN, que contará con la presencia de destacados disertantes de nivel mundial a fin de cumplir con una de las misiones de nuestra sociedad: “Proporcionar una descripción general del … Read more
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